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enPesticide drifts miles from Florida fieldshttp://www.panna.org/blog/pesticide-drifts-miles-florida-fields
<a href="/blog/pesticide-drifts-miles-florida-fields"><img src="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/teaser_thumbnail/user1/plane-spray-300.jpg" alt="" title="" width="150" height="150" class="teaserthumbnail" align="left"/></a><a href="/blog/pesticide-drifts-miles-florida-fields"></a><p>Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released compelling findings from a study on the air-borne movement (aka &quot;drift&quot;) of the pesticide endosulfan in Florida.</p>
<p>Researchers found that this <a href="http://www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/reregistration/endosulfan/endosulfan-agreement.html">soon-to-be-banned</a> persistent pesticide traveled miles from tomato fields where it was applied, and that drift levels jumped significantly during spray season. More details on the study are outlined below, but first consider this: with USDA stepping into the ring to document pesticide drift, is it possible that EPA and USDA might actually look at pesticide use and regulations together? Now<em> that </em>would be interesting news indeed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/pesticide-drifts-miles-florida-fields" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/pesticide-drifts-miles-florida-fields#commentsFood & AgricultureDriftEndosulfanEPApolicy reformUSDATue, 01 Oct 2013 21:49:54 +0000Margaret Reeves2740 at http://www.panna.orgVictory in China!http://www.panna.org/blog/victory-china
<a href="/blog/victory-china"><img src="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/teaser_thumbnail/user1/IMG_4539FarmerEndosulfanCottonField-Xinjiang-province300x220.jpg" alt="" title="" width="150" height="150" class="teaserthumbnail" align="left"/></a><a href="/blog/victory-china"></a><p>China has joined the global effort to eliminate <a href="http://www.panna.org/resources/specific-pesticides/endosulfan">endosulfan</a>. This is very good &mdash; and very big &mdash; news, since China is both a large user and major producer of this harmful, longlasting pesticide.</p>
<p>&quot;We are glad that China&#39;s leadership has taken the right steps in protecting its citizens,&quot; says Dou Hong of Pesticide Eco-Alternative Center (PEAC), a PAN partner group in the Yunnan province. The 12th National People&#39;s Congress <a href="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/3ChinaApprovesEndosulfanAmendmentStockholm.pdf">agreed</a> to eliminate China&#39;s production and use of endosulfan in late August, when it ratified a global treaty amendment requiring the ban.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/victory-china" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/victory-china#commentsEndosulfanPOPSStockholm ConventionTue, 17 Sep 2013 18:48:17 +0000Chela Vazquez2724 at http://www.panna.orgGlobal WIN! Agroecology to replace endosulfan.http://www.panna.org/blog/global-win-agroecology-replace-endosulfan
<a href="/blog/global-win-agroecology-replace-endosulfan"><img src="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/teaser_thumbnail/user1/GT_thumbs-up.jpg" alt="" title="" width="150" height="150" class="teaserthumbnail" align="left"/></a><a href="/blog/global-win-agroecology-replace-endosulfan"></a><p>I have wonderful news to share. Delegates to the <a href="http://chm.pops.int/" rel="nofollow">Stockholm Convention</a> meeting in Geneva just agreed that the best alternative to the hazardous pesticide <a href="http://www.panna.org/resources/specific-pesticides/endosulfan" rel="nofollow">endosulfan</a> is <a href="http://www.panna.org/science/agroecology" rel="nofollow">agroecology</a>. This is a huge step that PAN and our allies have long pushed for.</p>
<p>The Stockholm Convention listed endosulfan for global phase out back in 2011.&nbsp;The pesticides officially suggested as alternatives were mostly hazardous as well, according to a careful PAN <a href="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/PAN_STATEMENT_ON_POPs_2013_F-1.pdf" rel="nofollow">analysis</a>. In an effort led by PAN scientist Dr. Meriel Watts, the Convention reviewed possible <a href="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/UNEP-POPS-POPRC.8-INF-14-Rev.1.English.pdf" rel="nofollow">non-chemical alternatives</a>, and found that a strong case could be made for ecosystem-based solutions. Late last week, the delegates officially<a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/stockholm-convention-approves-alternatives-to-endosulfan/article4677119.ece" rel="nofollow"> endorsed</a> this approach.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/global-win-agroecology-replace-endosulfan" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/global-win-agroecology-replace-endosulfan#commentsagroecologyEndosulfanPAN InternationalThu, 09 May 2013 00:51:49 +0000Medha Chandra2607 at http://www.panna.orgUnwelcome travelers: Pesticides in the Arctichttp://www.panna.org/blog/unwelcome-travelers-pesticides-arctic
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Endosulfan. Chlorpyrifos. Chlorothalonil. Not words one would associate with the crisp, cold air and water of the Arctic region. But <a href="http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es202655k" rel="nofollow">new research</a> shows that these pesticides, among others, are traveling to the Arctic from as far as South East Asia, India and the United States.&nbsp;</p>
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That harmful <a href="http://www.panna.org/issues/persistent-poisons/transport-trade" rel="nofollow">pesticides travel</a> on wind and water currents to cold northern regions of the world has been known for a while now. But in this latest study, researchers managed to measure the compounds in air and water all the way along their path across the globe, from East Asia to the Arctic.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/unwelcome-travelers-pesticides-arctic" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/unwelcome-travelers-pesticides-arctic#commentsChlorpyrifosEndosulfantransport and tradeFri, 09 Dec 2011 01:08:49 +0000Medha Chandra2072 at http://www.panna.orgAnother global treaty targets endosulfanhttp://www.panna.org/blog/another-global-treaty-targets-endosulfan
<a href="/blog/another-global-treaty-targets-endosulfan"><img src="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/teaser_thumbnail/user1/endo-stop-sign.jpg" alt="" title="" width="150" height="150" class="teaserthumbnail" align="left"/></a><a href="/blog/another-global-treaty-targets-endosulfan"></a><p>
Last Saturday in Geneva, endosulfan was officially listed under the global Rotterdam Convention &quot;to huge applause from conference delegates and observers,&quot; according to scientist Meriel Watts of PAN Asia-Pacific, who attended the meeting.</p>
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The decision marks a victorious end to PAN&#39;s multi-year, international effort to add the insecticide on the Convention&#39;s &quot;<a href="http://www.pic.int/TheConvention/Overview/tabid/1044/language/en-US/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">prior informed consent</a>&quot; list, which requires that countries importing a chemical be informed if that chemical has been banned in other countries. Earlier this year, endosulfan was <a href="/blog/endosulfan-win-one-more-network-power" rel="nofollow">added to the Stockholm Convention</a> list of persistent chemicals to be phased out globally. This additional <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2132601.ece" rel="nofollow">listing in the Rotterdam Convention</a> is likely to speed the demise of endosulfan&#39;s production and trade worldwide.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/another-global-treaty-targets-endosulfan" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/another-global-treaty-targets-endosulfan#commentsPersistent PoisonsEndosulfanRotterdam ConventionThu, 30 Jun 2011 00:41:47 +0000Pesticide Action Network1865 at http://www.panna.orgCentral Valley Leaders Protest Methyl Iodide in Fresnohttp://www.panna.org/media-center/press-release/central-valley-leaders-protest-methyl-iodide-fresno
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Tracey Brieger, Californians for Pesticide Reform, 415-215-5473</p>
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Heather Pilatic, Pesticide Action Network, 415-694-8596</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/media-center/press-release/central-valley-leaders-protest-methyl-iodide-fresno" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Media CenterEndosulfanPOPSStockholm ConventionWed, 08 Jun 2011 00:20:56 +0000admin1828 at http://www.panna.orgSole DDT producer to close 1 of 3 plantshttp://www.panna.org/blog/sole-ddt-producer-close-1-3-plants
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India&#39;s <a href="http://www.hil.gov.in/" rel="nofollow">Hindustan Insecticide Limited</a> (HIL) is the world&#39;s only company still producing DDT. This week, one of HIL&#39;s three factories <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/article2006424.ece" rel="nofollow">was ordered closed</a> by the Indian state of Kerala for that plant&#39;s failure to safely handle waste from the manufacture of endosulfan.</p>
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After issuing several warning letters like <a href="http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/Notice_HIL_Factory.pdf" rel="nofollow">this one</a>, Kerala&#39;s State Pollution Control Board finally issued a closure notice to the HIL plant based in the city of Eloor.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/sole-ddt-producer-close-1-3-plants" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/sole-ddt-producer-close-1-3-plants#commentsDDTEndosulfanThu, 12 May 2011 21:55:19 +0000Pesticide Action Network1795 at http://www.panna.orgEndosulfan win: One more for network powerhttp://www.panna.org/blog/endosulfan-win-one-more-network-power
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Last week, the nations of the world agreed that the pesticide endosulfan is too toxic for people and the planet to bear. As our staff scientist <a href="/blog/we-did-it-global-endosulfan-ban">Karl Tupper reported</a> from Geneva, 173 countries agreed to ban the chemical through the Stockholm Convention, recognizing that innovative farmers across the globe are already growing coffee, cashew, chocolate and cotton without a drop of the deadly pesticide.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/endosulfan-win-one-more-network-power" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/endosulfan-win-one-more-network-power#commentsEndosulfanPAN InternationalThu, 05 May 2011 20:30:41 +0000Kathryn Gilje1786 at http://www.panna.orgWe did it! Global endosulfan ban!!http://www.panna.org/blog/we-did-it-global-endosulfan-ban
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Geneva, April 29: I am extremely pleased to report that the Parties to the Stockholm Convention have just agreed to phase out endosulfan globally! This is a huge victory for PAN and our partners around the world, most especially our civil society colleagues in India who have worked tirelessly to make this happen.</p>
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The final decision has a few loopholes (they almost always do), allowing endosulfan to be used on certain crops against some specific pests for the next six years. But we&rsquo;re nonetheless very happy, and I&rsquo;m certainly relieved. The loopholes (&ldquo;specific exemptions&rdquo; in the language of the treaty) were a necessary, if unfortunate, compromise needed to get India to agree to the ban. Still, most uses will end next summer, with a short list winding down through 2017. And then that&rsquo;s it: no more endosulfan.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/blog/we-did-it-global-endosulfan-ban" target="_blank">read more</a></p>http://www.panna.org/blog/we-did-it-global-endosulfan-ban#commentsEndosulfanPOPSStockholm ConventionFri, 29 Apr 2011 20:08:49 +0000Karl Tupper1776 at http://www.panna.orgEndosulfan to Be Phased Out Globallyhttp://www.panna.org/media-center/press-release/endosulfan-be-phased-out-globally
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Medha Chandra, PAN North America<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.panna.org/media-center/press-release/endosulfan-be-phased-out-globally" target="_blank">read more</a></p>Media CenterEndosulfanPOPSStockholm ConventionFri, 29 Apr 2011 15:54:37 +0000Kristin Schafer1774 at http://www.panna.org